‘HS2 is about connecting north and south’, says Cameron

Prime Minister David Cameron has defended the controversial high speed rail link at the Conservative Party Conference earlier today

In a speech at the Tory party conference, Cameron said that HS2 ‘is about bringing north and south together in our national endeavour’.

He said: ‘This country has been too London-centric for far too long. That’s why we need a new North-South railway line.

‘The West Coast mainline is almost full. We have to build a new railway and the choice is between another old-style Victorian one and a high-speed one. Just imagine if someone had said, no, we can’t build the M1, or the Severn Bridge, imagine how that would be hobbling our economy today.

‘HS2 is about bringing north and south together in our national endeavour because think what more we could do with the pistons firing in all parts of our economy’.

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Fully agree. Bold transport plans boost the economy and drive growth. It should be noted that most of the opponents of the planned scheme are those close to the route. Once the public consultation period has ended and measures have been included to minimise the impact on the HS2 corridor, then this project must go ahead.

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